Brian Lara is the one cricketer to breach the 400-run mark in Test cricket. He did it on the fag finish of his profession. But to attain this distinctive on the U19 stage is big and that’s what Karnataka’s Prakhar Chaturvedi has carried out in the final of Cooch Behar Trophy, the annual four-day match for U19 cricketers, against Mumbai. The younger batter smashed an unbeaten 404* in the primary innings of the title conflict to tumble data for enjoyable throughout his knock.
Prakhar opened the innings for Karnataka and remained unbeaten until they declared as he confronted a mammoth 638 deliveries whereas hitting 46 fours and three sixes. He is the primary ever batter to attain 400 runs in an innings in the final of Cooch Behar Trophy. On the again of his knock, Karnataka managed to amass a mammoth complete of 890 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 223 overs in their first innings earlier than declaring.
Interestingly, in the identical match, India head coach Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid additionally featured scoring 22 runs off 46 balls whereas batting at quantity 5. Harshil Dharmani was the opposite centurion in the innings smashing 169 runs off 228 balls with 19 fours and 5 sixes to his identify. Prakhar stitched 290 runs with him for the second wicket and most significantly, added an unbeaten 163 for the ninth wicket with Samarth N earlier than the innings was declared after he breached the milestone.
As far because the match is anxious, the final of the match was performed at KSCA Navule Stadium. After opting to discipline first, Karnataka had been on the backfoot as they conceded 380 runs in the primary innings to Mumbai with opener Ayush Mhatre scoring 145 runs. Samit Dravid bowled for Karnataka choosing up two wickets as nicely. However, every thing acquired overshadowed as soon as Prakhar Chaturvedi stepped out on the sector as he carved out a distinct segment for himself smashing 404 runs.
On the again of his knock, Karnataka took an enormous lead of 510 runs in the primary innings and shortly after they declared on the fourth day, each groups determined to accept a draw. As they took a primary innings lead, Karnataka have been topped the champions of Cooch Behar Trophy this season.
